CPR/AED/First Aid Adult & Pediatric Course for Spartanburg YMCA Staff:

Please email me if you are currently certified and would prefer to challenge this course. [email protected]

This course has online work that must be completed, information will be sent out via email the week before class.  Please be looking at emails to have all the information you need.

Look forward to getting safer and doing more for our community together!  Thank you for empowering yourself with knowledge that can save a life!

American Red Cross Blended Learning Shallow Water Lifeguard Course:

Instructor: Kelly Colley   email: [email protected]

Location: Thomas E. Hannah YMCA

Schedule:

• Monday 12/22 – 9am – 4pm
• Tuesday 12/23 – 9am – 4pm
• Monday 12/29 – 9am – 4pm
• Tuesday 12/30 – 9am – 4pm
• Wednesday 12/31 – 9am – 4pm

Blended Learning Requirement:  There are online courses that are required for course completion, these take about 6 hours and are to be completed before the first in-person class.  Internet and your own device is required.

Students must be 15 years old by the completion of the course.

Prerequisite Swimming skills that will be tested at beginning of course:

1. Swim-Tread-Swim: jump in water and fully submerge, recover to swim 50 yards (on front only), 2 min tread, continue to swim 50 more yards. Googles may be worn for this skill.
2. Timed Brick Event: swim 20 yards, retrieve 10lbs brick, walk or swim back to starting point, exit water without using ladder or steps.  Must be completed in 50 seconds or less.  No goggles may be worn for this skill.

Upon completion a successful student will earn certifications in the following: Shallow Water Lifeguard, CPR Professional Rescuer, First Aid, AED.

If you are interested in working at the Greater Spartanburg YMCA and want to be considered for a work trade agreement please contact Kelly Colley.  With the right candidate lifeguard courses can be completed for free, in return for 100 hours of lifeguarding hours. email:  [email protected]

This course awards the YMCA Swim Lesson Instructor Certification. After successful completion of this course, instructors will be able to identify components of the YMCA Swim Lessons continuum, demonstrate the behaviors of an effective YMCA Swim Lessons Instructor, maintain an inclusive environment of learning while keeping order in a positive and safe environment, employ swim teaching techniques that break down the critical features of a swimmer’s skill progression at any age and stage and demonstrate the swim instructor’s role in the safety process and during an emergency.

Candidates must be able to tread water for two minutes and demonstrate Stage 5 proficiency in at least four of the following six strokes by swimming 25 yards of each: Front Crawl, Breaststroke, Sidestroke, Butterfly, Elementary Backstroke, and Backstroke.